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Indo-Lanka trade talks:
The next round of talks on the proposed new
economic agreement between India and Sri Lanka is mostly like take
place in Colombo next month with India having committed to
consulting its own industries on removing quotas, such as on
textiles, in the existing free trade agreement at the latest talks
in New Delhi.
Mismanagement investigations to continue :
The government aims to start negotiations by
December with the shortlisted investors interested in running
SriLankan Airlines, State Enterprise Development Deputy Minister
Eran Wickramaratne said. The government’s call for Expressions of
Interest had responses from about nine parties, he said.
Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake visited
Oceanpick’s commercial scale oceanic Barramundi farm in Trincomalee,
during his visit to the Eastern province to discuss budget
suggestions with SME entrepreneurs. The Minister met General Manager
of Oceanpick, Fazli Nayeem, and Farm Managers Daniel Richardson and
Fayas Buhary.
The Planters’ Association of Ceylon, the
umbrella organisation of Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) said
no final decision has been taken on a wage increase for plantation
workers as negotiations with trade unions are continuing. The
Planters’ Association President Sunil Poholiadde said ,
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